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JOURNAL OF URBAN AFFAIRS,Vol.41,Issue4,P.518-534

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Winston–Salem State University

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In 2015, the government of India allocated more than $1 billion for the development of 100 smart cities. These cities are forecast to help alleviate the mounting pressure being felt in India’s existing urban centers as a result of rapid growth in urban population. According to estimates, it will reach 850 million residents by 2050. The Smart Cities Mission also marks a continued shift for urban development policy in India away from direct government intervention. This artice is an exploratory overview of the new Smart Cities Mission through an examination of the quantitative and qualitative attributes of participating cities. This is accomplished by exploring the differences between India’s selected smart cities and a cohort group of Indian cities. Additionally, a content analysis of submitted smart city proposals is conducted to determine the key strategies chosen by India’s smart cities and the type of projects being proposed to achieve a smarter city. The results reveal the cities selected for the Smart Cities Mission are larger, have lower percentages of residents living in slums, and have higher levels of public services. Additionally, these cities have largely adopted projects that seek to provide basic urban infrastructure as opposed to truly embracing smart city ideas and concepts.Additional informationNotes on contributorsRussell M. SmithRussell M. Smith is an Associate Professor of Geography at Winston–Salem State University in Winston–Salem, North Carolina. He has a wide range of research interests related to urban and political geography. His specific research interests include local government boundary change (e.g., annexation and incorporation) and a variety of urban planning issues, including urban sustainability. Dr. Smith is the author of numerous research publications, contracted reports, and presentations. Most recently, Dr. Smith has published a book titled Municipal Incorporation Activity in the United States: Patterns, People and Procedures. Prior to joining Winston–Salem State University, Dr. Smith was an AICP-certified urban planner for a variety of local governments in the United States. During his time as an urban planner, he specialized in land use planning and urban redevelopment.Prasad Avinash Pathak holds a doctoral degree in Geography with specialization in applications of Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing for environment studies. He completed his doctoral studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Prior to that, he worked with certain government and private organizations in India and abroad for geospatial studies. Dr. Prasad has research interest in exploring urbanization and underlying spatial factors responsible for its impacts on natural resources and issues of human health with respect to urbanization and climate change. He also has interest in using low-cost sensors for environmental sensing.Girish Agrawal is a Professor of Civil Engineering at Shiv Nadar University, where he also serves as the Associate Director for Strategy and Planning for the School of Engineering. Girish does research on various aspects of natural and built systems, with the current focus on understanding urban morphology in four contexts: how roadway design and urban layout influence driver behavior; impact on natural systems because of rapid expansion of the built environment; the urban heat island effect; and natural disaster management and recovery. Girish holds a BTech (Hons) in civil engineering (1985) from IIT Delhi, an MS (1987) and a PhD (1992), both in geotechnical engineering, from Purdue University, and a juris doctor (2006) from the UC Berkeley School of Law. He has about 20 years of professional experience as a consulting engineer, mostly in California, working with architects and planners on a wide range of public and private infrastructure projects.